Legal Opinion
United States v. Peter Joseph Troiano
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 21, 1966No. 15678PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
The district court, sitting without a jury, convicted the appellant Troiano and sentenced him to 5 years’ imprisonment for knowingly and unlawfully possessing about one million forged and counterfeit four cent United States postage stamps with the intent to use and sell them in violation of section 501 of title 18, United States Code.
On this appeal we consider first whether the district court erred in admitting the counterfeit stamps in evidence, denying the motion of the accused to suppress this evidence as illegally seized. The relevant chain of events began in New…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Husty v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- William C. Drummond v. United States of America, Alphonse Vincent Castaldi v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Fraternal Order of Eagles, No. 778 v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1932
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- United States v. Anne FrancolinoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- United States v. Robert C. McCormickCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. One 1977 Lincoln Mark v. Coupe, Linda WhitbyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- United States v. BushCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
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